WHAT IS THE WRITER’S ATTITUDE TOWARD HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN HE MENTION...

10. What is the writer’s attitude toward heavy traffic when he mentions the Appleyard’s study?

A. neutral B. favorable C. critical D. doubtful

III. SUPPLY EACH BLANK WITH ONE SUITABLE WORD:

Many tourists who visit Central America find (1)______ surprising to learn that the Mayas still live

there. (2)______ it is true that their ancient civilization came to an end when their country was (3)______

over by the Spanish conquistadors, the Mayan people carried (4)______ living in the area. Today there are an

estimated 1.2 million Mayas (5)______ live in southern Mexico, and many other areas of Central America

states have large Mayan populations as (6)______.

Many of their stories and art forms have remained (7)______ over time, and today, women weave

clothing and carpets that have signs and symbols that are the same as (8)______ found in ancient temples.

The different patterns and symbols on these brightly coloured (9)______ not only look attractive,

(10)______ can also communicate important information such as marital (11)______.

Even though the majority of the Mayas are now Catholics, many of the festivals that they

(12)_______ part in are a mixture of the old rituals that their ancestors (13)______ to practise and more

modern Christian elements. It was perhaps the Mayas' ability to (14)_______ and change that made it

possible for them to survive to the (15)______ day.

IV. WRITING

I. REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITHOUT CHANGING THE MEANING: